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Disney has just released a new image from their upcoming Marvel film,Avengers: Age of Ultron. The photo, which was released as part of the Disney’s 2015 movie preview kit, shows all the members of The Avengers superhero team in their civilian attire, along with Iron Man sidekick James “Rhodey” Rhodes (War Machine), S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill, and Dr. Cho (rumored to be a nanobiology specialist who’s assisting Tony Stark).

Check out the new ensemble photo here below.

Footage for this photo can be seen in the film’s trailer, as these characters are assembled at Avengers Tower when Ultron breaks in.

Marvel Studios presents “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.

Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” stars Robert Downey Jr., who returns as Iron Man, along with Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk. Together with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and with the additional support of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill and Stellan Skarsgård as Erik Selvig, the team must reassemble to defeat James Spader as Ultron, a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they confront two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Wanda Maximoff, played by Elizabeth Olsen, and Pietro Maximoff, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and meet an old friend in a new form when Paul Bettany becomes Vision.

Written and directed by Joss Whedon and produced by Kevin Feige, Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963. Louis D’Esposito, Alan Fine, Victoria Alonso, Jeremy Latcham, Patricia Whitcher, Stan Lee and Jon Favreau serve as executive producers. Get set for an action-packed thrill ride when The Avengers return in Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” on May 1, 2015.

Recently we thought Robert Downey Jr. might be teasing Marvel’s anxiously awaited release of the first trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Sadly, it turned out to be something else entirely.

But now, thankfully, we needn’t wonder when we’ll get to see the first trailer any longer. It’s been officially announced that the first Age of Ultron trailer will premiere next week after Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. airs. […]

Here’s a tweet from the Avengers Twitter account confirming the trailer:

Change is inevitable, and in the comic book world change is always happening in order to keep things fresh. And with Marvel Studios creating their cinematic universe, whatever changes happens in the comic book world may reflect what could happen in the cinematic universe. So it wouldn’t be a huge surprise to see the Avengers roster changing. And that is the newest rumor to emerge from the mill.

There are rumors that we will see a new Avengers roster at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Does that mean some of the Avengers will die? Who will make up the new Avengers? Who will lead them. Hit the jump to see some of the answers to these questions. […]

At Wonder Con 2014, Nuke The Fridge met up with legendary body builder Lou Ferrigno. He was asked what he has in the works next and if he’ll be back for Avengers: Age of Ultron!LouFerrigno replied by saying YES, he will be doing the voice over work for The Hulk.

Ferrigno is best known for playing The Hulk in the The Incredible Hulk TV show from 1977-1982.

Check out this great set of unused brooding character portraits for The Avengers taken by award-winning photographer Marco Grob. The above photo of Tom Hiddleston as Loki is a badass shot. He looks like a menacing villain having fun being bad!

Check out this awesome piece of Avengers fan art by Тхе Мичо. I love that it has a steam punk League of Extraordinary Gentlemen feel to it. It’s the League of Extraordinary Avengers! This is just a really cool piece of geek art!

The second phase of Marvel’s movie plan is really interesting because they kind of have to avoid calling their Avengers teammates for help. Tony Stark couldn’t call for their help in Iron Man 3, and Thor isn’t able to ask for their help either in Thor: The Dark World. Marvel president Kevin Feige explains why in a recent interview with io9. When asked about these individual heroes not being able to ask for the help of the Avengers this is what he said,

That’s a new issue, right? That’s a new problem of Phase II, and the way we treat it in this movie and a lot of the movies is not dissimilar to how they treat it in the comics. Which is to say they’re either busy somewhere else — we know Thor is on another planet. But also, having the events happen very quickly in a way that there wasn’t time for the other characters or entities to get involved. And Shane has said recently, you know without giving too much away, the element of the government that would have reached out to S.H.I.E.L.D. was in on the plan, so they kept that at bay. And Tony tells us very specifically in a message he leaves for Pepper, I’m basically going off the grid, I’m going off the radar to try and figure this out on the down low, which is why he doesn’t pick up a phone and call a helicarrier to fly over and help him out.

He goes on to discuss Iron Man 3. He explains how it ties into the rest of the Marvel movie universe, but also how it’s kind of its own film and doesn’t really set up any of the other upcoming Marvel films.

Our plan was always, even before we started filming The Avengers, was post-Avengers to focus on the individual characters. To surprise the movie-going public with the notion of individual movies they could connect to another big movie, and then surprise them again by separating them and making them just as interesting when they’re apart again. And Iron Man 3 is obviously the first of the post-Avengers movies. And I think you can see with the unique voice of Shane Black behind it, it sort of reestablishes the character of Tony Stark.

He’s asked about what he learned from Iron Man 2 and 3, and how he can apply those things to their future sequels,

I’ve been involved in a lot of sequels — some that have been great, [including] Spider-Man 2 and X-Men 2, and I think Iron Man 3, and some not so great. So, you know, basically I’ve found that mixing it up, that changing people’s expectations and sort of turning things on their head is most fruitful, is the unexpected is the most exciting for people.

And I think Iron Man 3 is very unexpected, and what we’re doing in the next Thor film and in particular the next Captain America film [are as well]. They’re almost different genres than their predecessor movies. Which I think, again, just as unusual and unique as it was to have three or four different tent pole movies that could combine into a single tent pole movie [i.e. The Avengers].

Phase II is about changing even the genre that the prior movies were. So, there are elements of detective, technological thriller in Iron Man 3. I’ve already described publicly the next Captain America film as inspired by political thrillers of the seventies. Um, Guardians of the Galaxy is a whole other unique film and a totally new thing for us, so always putting that spin on it is what’s required.

He also goes on to talk about a little bit about Guardians of the Galaxy and the CGI special effects in the film saying that he hopes it doesn’t turn out like Green Lantern. You can read what he had to say about that over on io9.

Of course in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Steve Rogers is going to get plenty of help from S.H.I.E.L.D. It might not be the full team, but he’s going to have Nick Fury, Black Widow and The Falcon helping him out. In addition to the individual films and the Avengers films, I’d actually love to see these Marvel characters together, mixing it up a bit more. One of the things I would love to see is Iron Man and The Hulk team up in their own movie adventure. I bet that would be amazing! Marvel needs to do that!

There was a ton of new deleted scenes from Joss Whedon‘s The Avengers that were recently included in the epic Marvel Phase 2 box set that was released. There’s a good amount of fun stuff to watch here, so it’s worth checking our when you get the chance! There’s nothing scarier than a guy in a motion capture suit trying to kill you!

Here’s a great mashup that brings us an opening title sequence for The Avengers but with the original Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers theme song! The video was edited together by YouTuber UnusualSuspect2011, and it turned out to be pretty fun!

I guess Iron Man is the Red Ranger, Captain America is Blue, Hulk is Green, Thor is Yellow, Black Widow is Black, and Hawkeye is… Pink? I guess that works, enjoy the video!